I'm not a fan of dream Theater, but I can only imagine (even with your incredible technical facility) the amount of practise it took to get that legato section down. Amazing playing, Sir!
@@fixxx3r I know, I said I it looks like a JP6 BFR Koa top with gold cover pickups bc Travis said it’s a custom-made guitar for him and maybe the guy wanted to build one for himself
I'm laying in bed and sick/exhausted from food poisoning. So I'm half awake and fascinated with the accuracy of your playing in both skill and where you're at on the instrument to get the specific sounds Petrucci did. I'm so into it that after the first leg @1:51, I surprise myself by quietly saying, "c'mon!" like I'm actually there with you. The tone was like we were pals and I was chiding you with fake irritation in a "you're not done yet, don't screw this up" kind of way, haha. I'm never caught up in doing things like that as an adult, so it was fascinating to me that I got so lost in what you were doing that emotional reaction and pride in your performance overrode self control. I thought you'd get a kick out of hearing you did that to a stranger through a video, haha
That was wicked man! For the record, you and Petrucci both have weird ass ways to perform those trills! o.0 Different between the both of you, but still absolutely nuts!
Travis, your fingers are sublime to watch, as a fellow guitar player. Your fingers seem to have the lengthy, dexterity and economy of motion I have in my dreams.
Yeah this was more nitpicking that actual criticism. One thing that disappointed me a bit while watching DT live is that JP makes a lot of mistakes, glad they're human haha
Yep! I picked that technique up from watching some Jason Richardson videos. This technique for trills works a lot better for me than the normal way of doing them.
excellent..been looking for something like this on youtube forever..wish the koa model had black hardware instead of gold :( still fantastic instrument though
Amazing job, the funny thing is that in this whole crazy solo John Petrucci used the most popular guitar techniques like: legato, alternate picking, sweep picking, string skipping. Did I missed something? :)
My only complaint with your cover is that you didn't go back into the main riff after the solo with the pinch harmonic, would have been such a satisfying end! But seriously, awesome job.
